[CAUT] Protek against string falseness

[John Ross]

Anytime, I have heard of anything being added to bass strings, it ended up 
to their detriment.
I for one will not be adding anything to bass strings.
I seem also to remember someone put some centre pins in one of the 'magic' 
elixirs, and it turned green.
Mind you it was over a period of time.
So once again, not for me.
It would be ok, to experiment on your own piano, but definitely not on a 
customers.
John Ross
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 8:03 PM
Subject: [CAUT] Protek against string falseness


> Hi Ted
>
> Yes.  After so many years in the biz one gets to know a wild bass string 
> that isnt going to respond to removal, twisting, cleaning what not with 
> reasonable assuredness. Tho that said... I had done a bit of that on some 
> of the strings I've applied Protek on without that having any real affect.
>
> Sometimes you can add a twist and it might help a bit... true enough. But 
> this seems to directly affect the para inharmonicity of a bass string.
> What else it does is what I am looking for input on.  As well as what 
> effect protek has on bridge wood at the bridge pin.
>
> Cheers
> RicB
>
>    Hi Ric,
>
>    I sounds like you are not livening the bass strings first, is that
>    right? You are not removing an end and running a loose granny knot
>    back and forth to clean and "liven" the string? You are just adding
>    the Protek to the string in its existing condition?
>
>    Thanks.
>
>    Ted
>
>    Ted Kidwell, RPT
>
>
>
John M.Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada.